Yesterday my son, borrowing our slang, asked my husband if something was cool (i.e., neat, interesting), and my husband responded mildly. My son tried to repeat the word, swapping one syllable for another, trying again, not quite smoothing the sounds into the word he had heard, and through this repetition, which indicated his uncertainty, he essentially…
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